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Addressing low-value care (LVC) in Asia: A narrative review of Choosing Wisely and other initiatives across Asia

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2025
  • Year Published
    2026
  • Quality Rating
    4/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Asia (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    Asia
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one LMIC/Global South author
    At least one LMIC/Global South study included
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Financial arrangements
    Purchasing products & services
    Scope & nature of insurance plans
  • Theme
  • Domain
    Not applicable
Publication details
  • Citation
    Yeo JX, Tokuda Y, Sasaki S, Pan J, Kamaruzaman H, Ranganathan P, et al. Addressing low-value care (LVC) in Asia: A narrative review of Choosing Wisely and other initiatives across Asia. BMJ Open Quality. 2026;15(2):e003806.
  • DOI
    10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003806

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